A big thank you to those parents who have already returned their West Oz Wildlife permission slips and payments. If you have not returned them yet, you have until 18 June.
Literacy
Rhyme - Over the past few weeks the students have been exposed to rhyming. When two words sound the same at the end e.g. cat and hat end with ‘at’, they rhyme. Children may find rhyming difficult to grasp, so please explain it to them in their home language, if necessary. When students can hear the rhyming sounds in words, they demonstrate phonemic awareness, which is essential for early reading. To teach this skill, books, pictures and games can be used to demonstrate and reinforce rhyming techniques. Children also learn rhyming by listening to stories, poems and songs that are easy and fun to remember. Nonsense rhyming words are acceptable too!
Syllables - Counting syllables is a pre-reading skill and helps the process of decoding. The Kindy children have been working on counting syllables and would enjoy showing off their skills. We are counting syllables in words using our bodies (head=1, shoulders=2, stomach=3, knees=4). Try asking how many syllables are in a word of your choice and discover how clever they are! Below are some examples of syllables:
One syllable words: tree, fun, kite.
Two syllable words: hel/lo, run/ning, par/ty.
Three syllable words: el/e/phant, fan/tas/tic.
Four syllable words: al/li/ga/tor, hel/i/cop/ter.
Sounds- Over the next two weeks we will be focusing on initial letter sounds:
Ee as in Elephant starts with Ee, Ee, Ee
Dd as in dinosaur starts with Dd, Dd, Dd
Sight Words - We learn to recognise sight words as quickly as we see them. We then can put these words into sentences. The sight words we are revising are:
look, at, Mum, I, can, am, a, Dad.
Numeracy
The children are learning to identify and write numbers 1-10. Say a number between 1-10, then ask your child to count on from this number. We are also learning to count and order numbers to 10 in the correct order and use one to one correspondence. We are starting to recognise dots on the dice without counting.
Hand Washing
To assist the children in implementing healthy habits and in line with NQS all children must wash their hands before eating, as well as after toileting, coughing, sneezing or blowing noses. In addition to this, we encourage you and your child to wash hands upon arrival to school.
Cooler Weather
With the weather getting cooler please remember to label your children's jackets and jumpers. A reminder all jackets, jumpers, leggings, stockings and long sleeved undershirts all must be in school colours. Only school coloured hair garments to be worn and a quick reminder that excessive jewellery and nail polish are not permitted.
As always, please contact me if you have any questions or concerns. We look forward to the final few weeks of Term 2!
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